Association for Borderlands Studies
📚Leading international scholarly association on borders & borderlands
📆 Next annual meeting: March 25-28, 2026 in Albuquerque, NM
absborderlands.org
- 🗳️ Elecciones de la Junta de ABS Estamos buscando autonominaciones o nominaciones para el segundo VP de ABS. L@s candidat@s deben haber sido miembros de la Asociación al menos 3 años. Envíe su declaración (máx. 1000 palabras), foto y respaldo de un miembro de la junta antes del 20 de febrero de 2026.
- 🗳️ ABS Board Elections We are currently seeking self-nomination or peer-nomination for ABS 2nd vice-president. Candidates must have been members of ABS for at least 3 years. You can send your nomination (statement (max 1000 words), photo and endorsement from one board member) by February 20, 2026.
- 📆 Annual meeting - Conferencia anual You can submit your paper for the Best Paper Awards until February 15, 2026. Requirements & info below 👇 Puede enviar su artículo para los premios de los Mejores Artículos hasta el 15 de febrero de 2026. Requisitos e información a continuación 👇
- ABS Annual Conference It's time to finalize your proposal for ABS annual meeting: our call for papers ends in 24 hours ⏳ Conferencia anual de ABS Finalice su propuesta para la reunión anual de ABS: nuestra convocatoria de ponencias finaliza en 24 horas ⏳ absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...
- Only 3 days left before the end of our call for papers for the upcoming ABS annual conference. Solamente 3 días antes el fin de la llamada a proposiciones para la conferencia anual de ABS. Submit your proposal now! Envia su propuesta hoy! absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...
- 📢📆 Annual meeting / Conferencia anual Need a few more days to finalize your abstract? Good news: the CFP is extended! New deadline: Jan. 23, 2026 ¿Necesita unos días más para finalizar su resumen? Buenas noticias: ¡se amplía la convocatoria de ponencias! Nueva fecha límite: 23 de enero de 2026
- 📆 Conferencia anual de ABS Además de enviar proposiciones individuales, también puede enviar paneles completos y mesas redondas para la reunión anual de ABS. ¡Pero solo queda una semana! Fecha límite: 16 de enero 2026
- 📆 ABS Annual Conference In addition to submitting individual papers, you can also submit full panels and roundtables for ABS annual meeting. But there's only 1 weeks left! Deadline: Jan. 16, 2026
- ABS Annual Conference J - 10 You have 10 days left to submit your proposal for ABS annual conference. absborderlands.org/meetings/abs... Conferencia anual de ABS J - 10 Tiene 10 días para enviar su propuesta para la conferencia anual de ABS. absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...
- ✈️ Beca de viaje Para apoyar la participación de nuestr@s miembros en la conferencia anual, ofrecemos becas de viaje para ayudar a estudiantes y académic@s que inician su carrera sin puesto permanente. Fecha límite: 16 de enero de 2026 Detalles y para aplicar: absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...
- ✈️ Travel grant To support our members' participation in the annual conference in Albuquerque, we offer travel grants to help students & early career scholars without permanent positions. Deadline: Jan. 16, 2026 Details & to apply: absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...
- 📅 Annual meeting / Conferencia anual The early registration deadline has been extended to December 30, 2025! ¡El plazo de inscripción anticipada se ha extendido hasta el 30 de diciembre de 2025! wssaconference.com
- ABS is looking for a new Executive Secretary & Treasurer, with an initial 2-year term spanning March 2026 to March 2028, with possible extensions thereafter: absborderlands.org/job-opportun.... Applications are due January 15, 2026
- The deadline for the submission of proposals for the role of Editor(s)-in-Chief of the Journal of Borderland Studies has been extended to November 30th.
- 📆Annual meeting In addition to submitting individual papers, you can also submit full panels, roundtables or book presentations for ABS annual meeting. But there's only a few weeks left! Deadline: Jan. 16, 2026
- 📆Conferencia anual Además de enviar proposiciones individuales, también puede enviar paneles completos, mesas redondas o presentaciones de libros para la reunión anual de ABS. ¡Pero solo quedan unas semanas! Fecha límite: 16 de enero de 2026
- 📆Annual meeting/Conferencia anual The earlybird discount ends on Nov. 30: Don't forget to complete your registration for the 2026 Annual Conference El descuento por inscripción anticipada finaliza el viernes 30 de noviembre: no olvide inscribirse en la Conferencia Anual de 2026 wssaconference.com
- The deadline to submit an abstract for the Fez Border Studies conference in Morocco next May (2026) is fast approaching! www.usmba.ac.ma/~usmba2/call...
- 📥 Conferencia anual de ABS ¿Está pensando en presentar una propuesta para la reunión anual de ABS? No se deje sorprender y renueve su membresía ahora en absborderlands.org. Tiene hasta el 16 de enero 2026 para enviar su propuesta. Tod@s l@s participantes deberán ser miembros de ABS.
- 📥 ABS Annual Conference Thinking of submitting a proposal for ABS annual meeting? Don't be caught off guard & renew your membership now on absborderlands.org You have until January 16, 2026 to submit your proposal. All participants will need to be ABS members.
- Conferencia anual de ABS ¡Nos encantaría verle en Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico (EE.UU)! Regístrate ahora para aprovechar la tarifa de inscripción anticipada. Detalles: wssaconference.com
- ABS Annual Conference We would love to see you in Albuquerque, New Mexico (US) in March! Register now to take advantage of the earlybird registration rate. Details: wssaconference.com
- The deadline for the submission of proposals for the role of Editor(s)-in-Chief of the Journal of Borderlands Studies has been extended to October 31, 2025!
- Last day to apply to review a book!
- ¡Último día para enviar solicitudes para reseñar un libro!
- REMINDER - The Journal of Borderlands Studies is looking for a new editor-in-chief. Please apply before September 30, 2025!
- Save the Date - Beyond Dividing Lines: Comparative Insights into Cross-Border Cooperation Worldwide conference. September 23–26, 2026, Almaty & Kaskelen (SDU University), Kazakhstan. Conference organized by Professor Sergei Golunov
- 📢 Convocatoria de revisor@s ¡El Journal of Borderlands Studies busca revisor@s! ¿Te interesa? Envía tu nombre, afiliación y área(s) de especialización junto con el título del libro que te interesa revisar a la Dra. Andréanne Bissonnette andreanne.ob@gmail.com antes del 26 de septiembre.
- 📢 Call for reviewers The Journal of Borderlands Studies is looking for reviewers! Interested? Send your name, affiliation & area(s) of expertise along with the title of the book you are interested in reviewing to Dr. Andréanne Bissonnette andreanne.ob@gmail.com by Sept. 26
- Call for reviewers for the book reviews in the Journal of Borderlands Studies. Contact us if you'd like to review one of the books below!
- JOB - The Hispanic Research Center (HRC) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Scholar position in one or more areas that examines the experiences and challenges of the Hispanic/Latino community in the United States. apply.interfolio.com/173623
- CFP - International symposium, "Trump and Borders: Assessing the First Year of his Second Term in the White House", Grenoble (France) on February 5-6, 2026. The call can be found here: ilcea4.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/actualites/t...
- Call for Papers - Association for Borderlands Studies 2026 Annual Conference. March 25-28, 2026, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Celebrating 50 Years of Border Studies: Past, Present and Future. The deadline to submit a proposal is January 16, 2026 absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...
- NEW - Along The Line. Writing With Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, by @julietjfall.bsky.social www.epflpress.org/produit/1555...
- Call for papers: B-SHAPES' final conference Narratives of Europe in uncertain times will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from 5-6 March 2026 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
- The Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) invites interested institutions to submit proposals to organize the 2027 ABS World Conference
- JOB - PhD position 'Sustaining Borders and Displacement Through Refugee Entrepreneurship', Maastricht University, vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
- B-SHAPES/NARDIV conference, Warsaw, Poland, 5-6 March 2026. Narratives of Europe in uncertain times. Perceptions of Europe in trans-European, national, local discourses and borderlanders’ stories docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Call for New Editor(s)-in-Chief for the Journal of Borderlands Studies. Apply before September 30, 2025 www.ageiweb.it/eventi-e-inf...
- 🎙 Podcast En este nuevo episodio de BIG Podcast, @andybissonnette.bsky.social se une a Ben Perrier para hablar de cómo los estudios de género enriquecen los estudios fronterizos, analizando el poder, la identidad y las fronteras en Norteamérica. 🎧 biglobalization.org/outputs/big-...
- 🎙 Podcast In this new episode of BIG Podcast, @andybissonnette.bsky.social joins Ben Perrier to discuss how Gender Studies enrich Border Studies—examining power, identity & borders in North America. 🎧 biglobalization.org/outputs/big-...
- 📚Nuevo libro Coeditado por Franck Billé, miembro de ABS, Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State explora de manera crítica y poética la redacción en contextos políticamente cargados a través de ensayos, poemas y arte. punctumbooks.com/titles/redac...
- 📚New Book Co-edited by ABS member Franck Billé, Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State critically and poetically explores redaction in politically charged contexts through essays, poems, and art. punctumbooks.com/titles/redac...
- 📘Artículo ABS/JBS Pedro Albuquerque y Francisco José García Fernández son autores de un nuevo artículo en el Journal of Borderlands Studies: "Interwoven Histories Along Water Roads and Liquid Borders: The Guadiana and Uruguay/La Plata Rivers as Case-Studies" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📘ABS/JBS Article Pedro Albuquerque and Francisco José García Fernández author a new article in the Journnal of Borderlands Studies: "Interwoven Histories Along Water Roads and Liquid Borders: The Guadiana and Uruguay/La Plata Rivers as Case-Studies" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 🎥Nuevo documental Descubre el nuevo documental de Zsuzsanna Simits que documenta visualmente la investigación de campo realizada en varias regiones fronterizas europeas para el proyecto B-SHAPES Horizon Europe, en el que participan vari@s miembros de ABS. www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
- 🎥New documentary Discover the documentary by Zsuzsanna Simits that visually documents field research conducted in several European border regions for B-SHAPES Horizon Europe project, which includes multiple ABS members. www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
- 📘Artículo ABS/JBS En su último artículo en JBS, D.Mulugeta y A.-H.Wando exploran cómo se vive y se practica el panafricanismo de base en la cuenca del lago Chad, una región fronteriza que regula la movilidad y posibilita formas de pertenencia. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📘ABS/JBS Article In their latest article in the JBS, D.Mulugeta & A.-H.Wando explore how grassroots Pan-Africanism is lived and practiced in the Lake Chad Basin (LCB), a border region that simultaneously regulates mobility and enables forms of belonging. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
